Legal and ethical implications of voluntary non-therapeutic sterilization as a way of realization of human reproductive rights
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https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2019.310Abstract
This article deals with legal and ethical aspects of sterilization of capable women of reproductive age. The authors point to the ethical and legal contradiction of establishing a high age criterium. Also, the authors consider the most common reasons for litigation during voluntary sterilization.
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reproductive rights, medical sterilization, voluntary non-therapeutic sterilization, wrongful pregnancy, wrongful birth, informed consent to medical procedures, defects in medical care delivery, civil liability in obstetrics and gynecology
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